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RB MSS M53, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 95.09.25a

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Jessie Hussey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1895-09-25 [95.09.25a]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1890-6/1895/95-09-25a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Plantago coronopus subspecies commutata (MEL 2246804).
To Baron von Mueller
Melbourne
My Lord
Your kind letter of the 21st inst
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Letter not found.
came duly to hand, I will note carefully the contents and write again soon. On Monday & yesterday I spent a long time in the hills and gullies near Port Elliot, searching for minute plants, and orchids, some of which I send by same post — I also brought down a good number of tubers of the orchid no 427 (
Pterostylis

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not yet determined) I will send these tubers to you in moss in a day or two The
Cotula

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no 456 is growing on brackish quaggy low lying soil, and if the plant no 465 is the same
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it grows amongst the granite rocks high & dry, except that the sea spray frequently dashes over it — I am taking careful notice of the little Plantago, and think it is only a small form of P. varia, as this plant is now taking the place of the smaller one — I will send more specimens of the minute plants soon.
This week I received a letter from Mrs Weber-Van Bosse
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Dutch phycologist, based in Eerbeek.
— she is well, and says "We are passing the summer in a most lovely spot in the middle of a very large forest. It is a most delightful place, but sea algae are wanting! I console myself with fresh water ones of which I have also a collection" —
I shall be writing to Mrs Weber early next week and will give her your message —
With kind regards
I am Yours Sincerely
Jessie. L. Hussey
Pt Elliot
25/9/95